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Chair of the Steering Group leading the development of the National Feral Pig Action Plan, John Maher.
Market hurdles inhibit viability of feral pig harvesting
THE potential revival of commercial harvesting of feral pigs faces sig- nificant business and market challenges, ac- cording to a new Na- tional Feral Pig Action Plan report.
tionally coordinated feral pig management plan.
mercial harvesting has also been undermined due to the logistical challenges and the cost of harvesting pigs over large areas.
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The report has been pub- lished as part of the de- velopment of the National Feral Pig Action Plan, a $1.4 million federal gov- ernment initiative driven in part by the potential for Australia’s feral pig popu- lation to spread African swine fever and infect Australia’s commercial pig herd.
“I’m especially inter- ested in understanding any commercial opportu- nities to help better con- trol the feral pig popula- tion in Australia, which is estimated to be up to 24 million head,” Mr Maher said.
“The sporadic supply of carcasses suitable for processing and a decline in the number of accred- ited hunters has made it difficult to meet offshore demand and maintain market share,” he said.
Due to their biological similarity to the European boar, commercial har- vesting of the Australian feral pig has previously enabled significant vol- umes of swine product to be processed for overseas markets.
“Not only did that help control our feral pig num- bers, it also generated employment and millions of dollars of economic activity in regional Aus- tralia.
“That could include an assessment of employ- ment opportunities in remote and indigenous communities where feral pigs are abundant, such as Cape York Peninsula, and the cost effectiveness of providing assistance to help fill logistics and skills gaps that currently exist, as well as ways to re-establish export mar- kets.”
While the annual value of the industry peaked at $50 million in the mid 1980s, the harvesting of feral pigs for export has endured volatility on a number of fronts for many decades.
“As we develop a pre- liminary Action Plan to present to the federal De- partment of Agriculture by January 2020, the po- tential for a revived feral pig harvesting industry is important to consider.”
Chair of the Steering Group leading the devel- opment of the National Feral Pig Action Plan John Maher said the busi- ness case for feral pig har- vesting was important to weigh-up as part of a na-
The annual value of the feral pig harvesting in- dustry ranged from $10 to $50 million between 1980 to 2010, but the com- mercial trade became in- creasingly inviable over the past decade due to a number of factors, in- cluding increased compe- tition in overseas markets.
The full report is available at feralpigs. com.au/wp-content/up loads/2020/07/National- Feral-Pig-Management- APL-Report-July-2020. pdf
“A lot of stakeholders we’re talking to remember when feral pig harvesting was viable on the back of strong export demand for wild boar meat.
“Nonetheless, there’s value in conducting a fea- sibility study specifically looking at the economic, environmental and social benefits that commercial harvesting might play as part of a broader national feral pig management strategy.
Mr Maher said the eco- nomic viability of com-
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